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Check out February’s courses about collaborative tools training, available at no cost to all students, faculty, and staff. Visit SpartansLearn for more information and to register.

Zoom – Meetings

February 8, 9:30 a.m.

Instructor Lindsey Howe

Unlock the full potential of Zoom and revolutionize your virtual meetings! Read Full Article →

The MSU IT Training team is offering live training sessions at no cost to students, faculty, and staff. These training sessions are designed to help new users successfully utilize critical digital applications like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, OneNote, and OneDrive.

There are multiple session types being offered, including an overview of Spartan 365 products and sessions dedicated specifically to individual applications. Read Full Article →

MSU graduate students now have access to Microsoft Office Pro Plus software downloads at no cost as part of MSU’s licensing agreement.

Office Pro Plus includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. Each graduate student can download Office Pro Plus on up to five computers (Windows or Apple iOS), five tablets (Windows, Apple iOS, and/or Android), and five smart phones. Read Full Article →

MSU is providing Microsoft licenses for departmental use under an Enrollment for Education Solution (EES).

A schedule for student use and personal use for faculty and staff of Microsoft Office products will be determined in the future.

All MSU departments can obtain use licenses on department-owned machines for:

• Office Pro Plus
• Office for Mac
• Windows OS Upgrades
• Windows Server
• Exchange Server
• SharePoint Server
• Lync Server

Licenses are based on the current version of the software, though it’s possible to downgrade to a previous version. Read Full Article →

Michigan State University is transitioning student email to Microsoft Office 365 beginning with new undergraduate students that start MSU in June 2015.

Returning undergraduate students (those that began with MSU prior to June 8) will transition to Office 365 in the fall 2015.

Office 365 is hosted by Microsoft and can be accessed anywhere on desktops, laptops, and mobile devices. Read Full Article →

Microsoft will end support for its Windows XP operating system on April 8, 2014. No further security updates or technical support will be provided for Windows XP.

Computers still running the XP operating system aren’t protected against malware and other security vulnerabilities after April 8.

It’s important to use a recent operating system in order to protect against from malware and viruses that could infect your computer and search for your personal information. Read Full Article →